On the periodisation of early North Germanic

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ID22303070
AuthorsJohan Schalin (0000-0003-1546-2868, independent scholar, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume77
Issue2
Pages168-194
Publication date2024-12-03
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNOWELE. North-Western European Language Evolution (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0108-8416 • E-ISSN: 2212-9715
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/nowele.00089.sch
OpenAlexW4404963254
LanguageEN
References cited27

This article welcomes the recent proposal of Michael Schulte (2024) for a periodisation of early North Germanic, while pointing out problematic premises and criteria for the delimitation of the proposed subperiods. It is argued that in delimiting linguistic periods there is more to gain than lose for the clarity of scholarly argument if preference is given to linguistic rather than graphemic or socio-cultural criteria, even if it means that reconstructed, rather than ambiguously attested features, are given preference. The relevant chapter of a recent book by Nelson Goering (2023) is also reviewed to cast light on the syncope era. Elements and insights are proposed for a periodisation and labelling of early North Germanic suited for discussion on diachronic structural change

Argument (complex analysis) · Art · CLARITY · Germanic languages · Linguistics · Literature · Preference · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics and language evolution · Mathematics · Philosophy

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